I have a 2011 FLHP roadking and I was wondering I have a haze on the windshield. I was wondering what can I use to get rid of that, buff out etc. thanks

 

After washing off the bugs and dirt with a mist of car wash soap mixed with water and applied with a trigger spray bottle, allowed to soak briefly, then wiped with a wet sponge, I apply a quick detailer, presently using Turtle Wax "Wax and Dry". Use a clean towel or micro fiber cloth to spread evenly, then buff dry with another clean cloth, the windshield is clear with no haze. Both sides require this treatment periodically as a haze will eventually form again. Ciricote paint treatment seems to last a little longer before the haze forms again, but the haze always comes back, don't know what causes it. I have tried many name car polishes and the results are always the same, bugs are no easier to clean off and the haze eventually returns. I have "gravitated" to what is easiest for me to use and provides consistent, good results.

If people choose to answer, you will probably get as many product recommendations as there are products on the market. Much like an "oil thread", everyone has their own favorite. Any car product that provides a clear shine will do the job, I DON'T recommend a cleaner/polish as they contain a fine abrasive/rubbing compound UNLESS you have fine scratches that might polish out. You are stuck with deeper scratches. Harley windshields have a hard coating. If you polish through that, there will be a visible ring around the area polished through the coating. Heavy polishing one area of an uncoated windshield will eventually cause a distortion, a "prescription" windshield, you might say.

I have seen cautions against using any glass cleaning product containing ammonia. If that has caused your haze, I don't know if that can be polished out. Replacement may be your only choice, but attempting to polish first is cheap if it works, in comparison to buying a new windshield.

 

If it's the original shield, it's time for a new one.

 

^^^^ I would replace it. You can get inexpensive replacement plastic like a stock Memphis Shades windshield.

 

look into the Novus plastic polishes

https://novuspolish.com/pages/3-step-system
If you only need to start with 2, then back to 1 in the end, then windsheild may be fine for polishing.

Myself, just use novus 1 from time to time, once you have gotten the bugs and such off first with water towel, then quick dry, then back with 1.


If its to the point of needing Novus 3 and electric polisher, then just get another windshield, since your will have diverted the plastic enough trying to get out the deeper scratches in those spots, your going to notice the distortion through it in those spots even once they are polished back up.

Trust is, with the cost of aftermarket replacement windshields being so cheap, and having to tear the hardware off the windshield if it that bad to polish it out, may as well just replace it to start with, since your time verses cost to replace it quickly, never works out in your favor.

 

98glider wasn't specific about what kind of "haze" the windshield has. Is it the haze similar to many of the car headlight lenses or is it the kind of haze that is inside of the plastic, like when you have a moist towel on the windshield and leave it on all day in a hot sun.

The former you can carefully buff out. The latter will eventually go away naturally in warm dry air.

 

Nice new purty windshield on a ‘95 King. Not my bike anymore. That’s the day I sold it three years ago.

 

The original factory windshield has a coating.
The thin coating can become damaged if someone used rainx on it (major haze) or if it was polished.
The damage is easier to see with polarized sunglasses.
A new windshield would be the clearest solution.
A windshield with a recurve at the top lets you run with a shield about an inch shorter and have similar wind protection.
If budget is a concern and you have a ton of time then major sanding and polishing can somewhat improve the look of windshield during the daytime but night time will show all the imperfections with scattered light reflection.

 

Exactly the coating was compromised I thought maybe I can buff it out and get rid of the coating

 

Personally, I'd buy a new windshield.....then, once the old one is taken off, I'd try "renewing" it and keep it as a "back-up". It sounds like one of those headlight haze kits might work and a be a good winter project.

I've been a fan of FREEDOM SHIELDS for many years. They make a thicker, incredibly clear poly-carbonate shield (recurved) with no distortion and have a wide touring shield that's available in 1" increments....you might want to check out their website or call them (great customer service).

BTW....ask them if they still offer a discount for Forum members.

Good luck.